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Ukraine military launches new attack on eastern rebels | |
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Ukrainian forces have launched a full-scale military operation against pro-Russia separatists in the east, hours after a ceasefire ended. | |
Rebel bases and strongholds were under attack from aircraft and artillery, government officials said. | |
The 10-day ceasefire ended on Monday evening, with President Petro Poroshenko saying "criminal elements" had thwarted the chance for peace. | |
Western leaders and Russia had urged him to prolong the truce. | |
Ukraine's parliament speaker Oleksander Turchynov told MPs on Tuesday: "I can inform you that in the morning the active phase of the anti-terrorist operation was renewed. | |
"Our armed forces are carrying out strikes on terrorist bases and checkpoints." | |
President Poroshenko went on television on Monday night saying: "We will attack, we will free our land." | |
The president had come under pressure from protesters urging a renewal of the operation against the separatists. | |
Both sides had accused each other of violating the truce. | |
A four-way teleconference on Monday between Mr Poroshenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had raised hopes the truce would be renewed. | |
But Mr Poroshenko said in his address: "The decision not to continue the ceasefire is our answer to terrorists, militants and marauders." | |
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